Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-08-26

II did sell the horse you speak of to
Mr.. Baker in the fall of 1863. He was
two years old the May before sold him.
| owned his dam four years; she was
dark brown, almost black. | bought her
and her half sister of Orrin Freeman,
Nincennes, Lee Co., la. The sire of the
horse Billy Bashaw, alias Brown Dick,
was brought from Kentucky to keokuk
Ia, by coored man named VIM. Kay.
The horse was called John Bull he was
dark bay, would weigh about 1900
pounds and could trot mile in , 40. The
dam of Dick, or Billy Bashaw, was a
good roadster
In another letter Mr. Anderson gives
the following facts: IL bred the dam of
Dick to the keoliuli horse, John Bull.
myself, in June, 1850. Dick was foaed
in May, lSGl. lived at the time twelve
miles west of Keoliull. Lee Co., Ia. and
moved to Vernon. Wis. in April. 1863.
and sold Dick to Mr.. j. W. Baker the fol-
lowing fall, My object in breeding to
the horse was his stock" Making in
quiries at Nincennes, Ia, we found that
Mr.. Orrln Freeman had moved to We'll
don. Ia We wrote him and he answered
that he remembered selling the mares to
Mr.. Anderson in the spring of 1850. when
they were four years old. They were
both sired by the same horse and out of
a pair of mares that were used by him in
hauling merchandise. and well known in
the vicinity of keolluk and Nmcenne- "a, a
very active team. that could out-travplan
team there at the time. Nothing is known
of the breeding of these mares. OF the
sire of the mares sold to Mr.. Anderson.
MIR. Freeman can only say that he was n
large black horse of good trotting action
that was brought to Nincennes in $3.50
by Thompson Bales, and called Chcro-
kee. We were under the i'm pres sion tina
these mares were sired by horse
brought to Vincennes by one John Tru-
man, in 1852, and which died the proper
ty of Thompson Bales in August, 1854.
but this could not be, as the mares were
not foaled until April, 1856 and Mr.. Free
man is positive that the sire of the mares
was brought to Nincennes by Bales the
spring the mares were served and died
the property of Noah Bailey within a
year from that time. Thompson Bales
visited his brother in kentucky in the
fall of 1854 and returned to Nincennes in
the spring of lS55, but we have no evil
dence that he brought horse back with
him.
In letter to Mr.. Austin. Mr.. W. ;.
Samples, of keokuk, says that John Bull
was brought to Keoluk, in the fall of
1857, by colored man named Wm Kay,
from Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Ky.
when the horse was two years old; and
that KAY had exhibited the colt at the
Christian Co. fair in the fall of lSj7, be-
fore he left, and taken first prize--a sill
yer cup-which he brought to keokuli
with him. BY corresponding with Mr.,
Livingston Buckner of Hopknsville.
Ky, we learned that he was acquainted
with Kay and his colt before they left
llopkinsville and that Kay bought the
colt from the Rev. Samuel F. johnson
and VIM. Campbell, who bought him in
Nelson Co., Ky. The writer also visited
Keokuk, la, called upon Mr.. Samples
who had already. as before stated, given
this matter some attention, and was di.
rected by him to Mr.. Orange Fields, who
showed "A colt in the same ring will
Rays, at the fair in IIopkinsviile, when
Kay took the silver cup. Mr.. Field,
ing of kay's horse, John Bull, but stated
that the colt he exhibited against kay's
was a Canadian and Rays was supposed
to be of the same breed, as it was an eX.
hibition of that class of horses. Mr.
/ Fields referred US to Mr.. jas. Adams. who
came to keOlluk with VIM. Kay.
Mr.. Adams stated as follows: "IcamC
/ to keoluk with VIM Kay in the fall OF
1871 and rode the colt John Bull part OF
the way. Kay brought with him "A span
of ponies. Il pair of bloodcd mares and
D llt COll JpIlIl Dull. WHICH WAS TWO year,
old at the time. | remember seeing the
colt before Kay bought him, when hC
was brought to kay's place to be shown
to him. hay bought him of VIM. Camp
bell and paid $500 for him. did moi
know that Rev. Samuel johnson was in
terested in the colt but knew that lac
was intimate with VIM. Campbell. Be
fore Kay bought the colt kay's sou tolt
me of the Bull colt that his father wa,
going to buy. did not understand tina
he was of John Bull stock but of Bul
stock. He always trotted when | rod,
him, with the exception of once, when
urged him along a turnpike he struck {
pace and the Kay boy called To me not {,
let his father see me allow that colt tC
pace"
In our Correspondence with Mr.. Buck
ner we learned that Mr.. Campbell, one o.